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New SSC will give "A strong voice to the lifelong learning sector" - Rammell

New sector skills council, Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK), will play an essential role in raising skills levels among young people and adults, Bill Rammell, the Minister for Lifelong Learning, Further and Higher Education said yesterday.

Speaking at the official launch of LLUK at the House of Commons, Mr Rammell described the new sector skills council as a crucial partner in delivering a package of government initiatives that aim to boost opportunities for education and training among learners of all ages.

LLUK is the sector skills council for the lifelong learning sector which includes further and higher education, work-based learning, community learning and development, libraries, archives and information services.

Mr Rammell said: "By bringing together many organisations and over a million multi-talented people the new sector skills council will be a key partner in delivering our Success for All and Further Education reform, enabling every individual to achieve their potential. It will help deliver the Skills Strategy, together with reforms to 14-19 education and teacher training improvements in the learning and skills sector.”

"Giving a strong voice to the lifelong learning sector will help create a truly demand-led system which will enable colleges, universities and other learning providers to offer employers the training they want. With a strong, diverse workforce LLUK will have the vision and ideas to help secure the right skills for the economy and close skills gaps in the years ahead," added the Minister.

John Hedger, the organisation's chairman, told the launch that LLUK would raise skills levels among all learning professionals, and so support employers across the UK that rely on learning providers to develop skills among their own staff.

"It is right that employers in the lifelong learning sector should have their own voice in the Skills for Business network as they have an important part to play in economic development and social progress across the UK," he said.

LLUK chief executive David Hunter stressed it will meet the needs and priorities of learning providers in each of the four countries of the UK. "We will support them by developing better information on workforce supply, and by developing a framework of standards-based qualifications that will maximise opportunities for progression and mobility."

LLUK will hold further launches in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland later this year.

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